Cervical infection with descending mediastinitis: a review of six cases

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1021-1025

  Cai, X Y ^a   Zhang, W J ^a   Zhang, Z Y ^a   Yang, C ^a   Zhou, L N ^a   Chen, Z M ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cervical infection; descending mediastinitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TACHYPNEA; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH INFECTION; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PERICORONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750356975     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.06.021     Document Type: Article

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